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Here is an interesting piece, from deep in the progressive circles of LA. . .
www.laprogressive.com
". . . Which brings us back to 2024.
If the media chooses their 2020 course, Biden may prevail.
If they follow their 2000 script, though, ignoring election irregularities and outright fraud that benefits Republicans, Trump will probably be installed in the White House.
And the Supreme Court may again play an illegitimate role in it all.
So, what will Democrats do? Will we be in the streets? Will protest even be possible?
Will second-term President Trump succeed in mobilizing the military ā as he unsuccessfully tried to do in 2020 ā to violently put down protests like tinhorn dictators do, and again begin snatching people off the streets in unmarked vans like he did in Portland last year?
And, thinking of the scenario in these terms, consider what it teaches us about how we should deal with the āstolen electionā dynamic Trump is now promoting.
It depends in large part on Republicans continuing to believe Trumpās Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
The best way to stop this nightmare before it happens is for both elected Democrats (and the few semi-sane Republicans left, like Cheney and Christie) and the nationās media to not only call out Trumpās lie, but also call out the media that keeps it alive.
And fixing our broken Electoral College by revising the 1877 Electoral Count Act that followed the election of 1876 couldnāt hurt (taking the Electoral College out of the Constitution altogether, the best solution, is an unrealistically big lift for today).
Otherwise, we may well be facing that terrible question that Trump true believers faced last year: what do we do?
Itās time to stop this before it goes any farther. Winter is comingā¦"
If 2024 Election Is Stolen, Who Will Storm the Capitol?
If 2024 Election Is Stolen, Who Will Storm the Capitol?
Thom Hartmann: Democrats tend to forget that Donald Trump received about 10 million more votes in 2020 than he did in 2016. Itās why heās still a potent political force in America and around the world.
www.laprogressive.com
". . . Which brings us back to 2024.
If the media chooses their 2020 course, Biden may prevail.
If they follow their 2000 script, though, ignoring election irregularities and outright fraud that benefits Republicans, Trump will probably be installed in the White House.
And the Supreme Court may again play an illegitimate role in it all.
So, what will Democrats do? Will we be in the streets? Will protest even be possible?
Will second-term President Trump succeed in mobilizing the military ā as he unsuccessfully tried to do in 2020 ā to violently put down protests like tinhorn dictators do, and again begin snatching people off the streets in unmarked vans like he did in Portland last year?
And, thinking of the scenario in these terms, consider what it teaches us about how we should deal with the āstolen electionā dynamic Trump is now promoting.
It depends in large part on Republicans continuing to believe Trumpās Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
The best way to stop this nightmare before it happens is for both elected Democrats (and the few semi-sane Republicans left, like Cheney and Christie) and the nationās media to not only call out Trumpās lie, but also call out the media that keeps it alive.
And fixing our broken Electoral College by revising the 1877 Electoral Count Act that followed the election of 1876 couldnāt hurt (taking the Electoral College out of the Constitution altogether, the best solution, is an unrealistically big lift for today).
Otherwise, we may well be facing that terrible question that Trump true believers faced last year: what do we do?
Itās time to stop this before it goes any farther. Winter is comingā¦"
